[Tagging] Proposed tag shop=wholesale

[ael]

On Fri, May 08, 2015 at 06:10:38PM -0700, Bryce Nesbitt wrote:
> On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Matthijs Melissen <info at matthijsmelissen.nl>
> wrote:
> 
> > Note that we also have shop=trade. It would be good to make the
> > difference between both tags clear (of deprecate shop=trade, which I
> > wouldn't oppose).
> >
> 
> "trade" is an attribute.
> 
> Any type of shop (plumbing, electrical, lumber, restaurant supplies) could
> be trade focused.
> Such shops do not cater to walk in consumer traffic, and may be hostile to
> customers
> who come in without trade knowledge.

Well, that may be true in some cases but it was not what I intended when
I first suggested the trade tag.

What is distinctive is that such places usually have specialist staff
and stock suitable for professionals (but often in very small businesses
who would not have the volume to buy from wholesalers), and will run
business accounts using "trade prices"and credit for them. But they are
typically also very happy to deal with "normal customers" for whom they
are just retailers.

I suppose what "trade prices" means will vary in different countries.
In the EU, I think that will mean VAT-exclusive prices, but in most
places at least also reduced prices since a business will order
raesonable volume over time. In some cases that may approach wholesale
prices.  But this is different to wholesalers to refer back to an
earlier post.

ael